NGC 5416
NGC 5416
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
292 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 292 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5416 as it looked roughly 292 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 5409Spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 5431Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5424Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 962Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5423Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5411Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5431Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5424Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 962Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5423Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5411Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).